ASHTEAD WAR MEMORIALS - WWI

St George’s Christian Centre, Barnett Wood Lane

Image of postcard lodged with L&DLHS for safe
keeping by John Reynolds of the Ashtead RBL Branch.via Goff
Powell: the editor has enhanced parts of the image

30 Jan 2009: images by Haslam,
unless otherwise specified

Where a name is hyperlinked this is to what appears
to be the relevant record in the Commonwealth
War Graves Commission (CWGC) database or to a page
about the person.
# see Notes for more detail
or comment on the inscription.

In Honoured And Thankful Memory Of The Men Of This Parish
Who Gave Their Lives In The Service Of Their King And
Country
1914 – 1919
“Their Glory Shall Not Be Blotted Out:
Their Name Liveth For Evermore”

Where no link is yet provided to a name this could be
because:
- there does not appear to be a record with this surname and initials
in the CWGC database
- or among those with this surname and initials in the CWGC database
there do not appear to be any with a reference to Ashtead.

Included in the list below are some infrequently
indexed and closely specified names in the CWGC database for which:
- either there does not appear to be an Ashtead connection or
- there is a possibility that the name on the memorial may not be
quite as shown in the CWGC records

SGDW: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19
was originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) in
1921. It covered deaths within the period from 4th August 1914 (the
declaration of war) to 11th November 1918 (Armistice Day) and, in some
but not all cases, up to 25th March 1921. It lists the names of
661,960 Other Ranks.

OD: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-19
was originally published by HMSO in 1919. It covered deaths within the
period from 4th August 1914 (the declaration of war) to 11th November
1918 (Armistice Day) and, in some but not all cases, up to 26th
September 1919. It lists the names of 41,846 Officers.

DICKINS, GC

He is listed as GG Dickins on the St George's memorial
(see photo above) but is correctly GC on the plaque at St Giles and on
CWGC - Gilbert Collingwood Dickins.

REDDICK, S

Sydney's rank was Serjeant, not Sgt as shown on the
Ashtead Memorials. It is said that in some units of the British Army
there is a tradition that the distinction matters ....

VICKERY, FP

He is shown on the St George's memorial as L Cpt EP
Vickery: he is correctly listed as L Cpl FP Vickery on the plaque at
St Giles and in CWGC and on the Oxshott Memorial, Frank Percival
Vickery

If you can add information about individual casualties
or details that might help identification of more of these names in
the CWGC records, please contact the editor of this page, Frank
Haslamincluding 'Ashtead WM' in the
subject line.

Principal CWGC research and website editing by Frank
Haslam of Leatherhead
& District Local History Society.
Assistance provided by Brian Bouchard (who provided the WW1 names to
start this site), Ian Whitlock of the Leatherhead War Memorials
Research project, and Ann Williams (née Astridge) in Canada.